An Bord Pleanála, which is, among other things, Ireland’s national independent statutory body to determine appeals on planning, recently granted the Dublin airport operator planning permission for a...
Entries for GeoWorld 2025 USA & Canada Geotechnical Business Directory, the most comprehensive directory in our field, are now open! This resource is supported by the International Society of Soi...
Flash floods swept through villages near Mai Mahiu in Kenya, in the early hours of Monday, April 29, following excessive rainfall in the area. It has been reported by several news outlets that so far...
Video footage recently emerged, depicting the occurrence of a landslide that took place at around 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 27, on the Greek island of Therasia (also known as Thirasia). Therasia is...
Four months after heavy Oregon rains washed out a coastal road, Sandlake Road has finally reopened to one lane, marking a significant milestone in the recovery process. However, the journey toward...
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GeoStabilization International, in partnership with the City of Kelowna, undertook a significant endeavor to address the instability plaguing the historic Knox Mountain landslide area. Nestled in the...
The 2024 Going Digital Awards deadline has been EXTENDED! The Going Digital Awards celebrate the extraordinary projects of Bentley users all around the world. The prestigious awards have recognized...
The USFS feared that a catastrophic failure of the upper mantle’s colluvium at Hyalite Canyon Road near Bozeman, Montana, could conceivably deposit thousands of cubic yards of material into Hyalite C...
Dr Jamin Greenbaum and the team are working at the front line of climate change on the coldest continent on Earth. Their research boils down to understanding what is driving Antarctic Ice Sheet melt...
Keller designs and installs support of excavation and deep foundations for a multi-use building, working in expansive bedrock and a shallow groundwater table. During a construction surge in downtown...
GeoWorld, the biggest online platform for geotechnical engineers, is excited to announce the development and launch of its new mobile app, which is now accessible on both Android and iOS devices! Th...
Dynamic analyses allow us to assess a project in the face of a seismic event. In this Coffee Corner webinar, we will explore the key elements of earthquake analysis in PLAXIS 2D. You will learn about...
Join Bentley expert Claudio Dias (AYESA – Head of Ground Engineering & Tunnelling) for a live webinar and learn how PLAXIS can guarantee your modelling success and help your Tunnel design. The M...
The Mohr-Coulomb, or Linear-Elastic Perfectly-Plastic model, is the second simplest constitutive material model that one can use. This model utilizes the concept of linear elasticity, based on H...
The Linear Elastic Material Model is the simplest, most basic form of a constitutive model that one can use. This model is based on Hooke’s Law, which was first formulated by the English polymat...
Acknowledgement: This page has been reproduced from P. K. Robertson, K. Cabal, Guide To Cone Penetration Testing, 7th Edition. Gregg Drilling LLC, 2022 with permission from P. K. Robertson. Nume...
James (Jim) K. Mitchell passed away peacefully at home in Massachusetts on December 17, 2023. The following is an obituary written by Rick Mitchell, Russell Green, and Kenichi Soga: Jim was born...
As discussed in Mechanics of Slope Stability, the most widely used approach for assessing both 2-dimensional and 3-dimensional slope stability is the Limit Equilibrium Method (LEM), i.e., ...
We are very happy to share with you a rare tape, which includes recordings of Karl von Terzaghi and Ralph Peck. The introduction was recorded by Dr. Ralph B. Peck at his home in Urbana, Illinois on A...
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This unique annual business directory includes 32,000+ professionals and 1,000+ companies and organizations in the geotechnical engineering profession. Powered by GeoWorld, the professional network fo...
The objective of this book is to fill some of the gaps in the existing engineering codes and standards related to soil dynamics, concerning issues in earthquake engineering and ground vibrations, by...
Over the last 50 years there has been rapid development of construction techniques, analytical methods and materials for use in ground engineering. One of the major techniques which has been developed...
